Mrs. Cameron's Cartographers


Landform
Definition
Picture
glacier
A glacier is a large piece of floating ice.
external image IMG_2024.JPG
Amherst Glacier
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_hbqdS4kCKS4/RcZWN4SLXNI/AAAAAAAAAJQ/TPTacQ0iqXg/s640/IMG_2024.JPG
volcano
It is like a mountain but it has a hole in the center.
external image MountRedoubtEruption.jpg
Mount Redoubt
http://www.geo.mtu.edu/~ajdurant/publications/MountRedoubtEruption.jpg
ice
Ice is a form of frozen water.
external image riverthaw.jpg

http://blogs.physicstoday.org/newspicks/riverthaw.jpg
lake
A body of water sourounded by all land.
external image 800px-IndigoLakeAlaska1.jpg
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/e/ed/IndigoLakeAlaska1.jpg/800px-IndigoLakeAlaska1.jpg
mountain
A mountain is a similar to a hill but much taller than a hill.
external image mt_mckinley_from_train.jpg
http://www.k12.hi.us/%7Ertiffany/GAW/IMAGES/mt_mckinley_from_train.jpg
gulf
A gulf is a body of water that is 3 sides are sourounded by water.
http://www.herringstockid.info/images/Fluke_5.JPGexternal image Fluke_5.JPG
lagoon
Lagoons are a shallow body of water separated from the ocean.
external image lagoon1.jpghttp://www.akbrian.net/pics/2001/lagoon1.jpg
bay
A bay is a body of water that is almost closed.
external image Blackstone_Bay_-_Alaska.jpg
peninsula
A peninsula is a part of land that has 3 sides sourouded by water.
Kenai Peninsula
external image Map_of_Alaska_Peninsula_Volcanoes.gif
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/ca/Map_of_Alaska_Peninsula_Volcanoes.gif
island
A island is a part of land that is sourounded by all water.
external image IMG_1509.jpghttp://people.csail.mit.edu/sparis/photos/2008/content/bin/images/large/IMG_1509.jpg